Articles of Faith 1 & 2

I had been thinking about starting to teach Hannah the Articles of Faith, but after receiving additional motivation and inspiration from seeing my sister's kids learn them, we decided to give it a go. We started the 1st one almost two weeks ago at Family Night and within about 3 days she had it down. We then introduced and started working on the 2nd one last Monday at Family Night. We will beginning working on the next one tomorrow.


We have tried to take the time to explain and help Hannah understand the meaning of the Articles of Faith in 3-year-old language. They get complex and have very large words (at least for a 3 year old!) So far I have made visuals to help. Although she doesn't need the visuals anymore to say them, I think it helps her understand and remember the words. I am always looking for pictures and ideas for the next one, so if you have any links to images or ideas to help, please send them my way. I thought I could find something online that was already put together with visuals for all of them, but haven't come across anything yet. Although I have found Family Home Evenings for them (geared towards a little bit older kids).

The 1st Article of Faith pictures were pretty simple: Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost.The 2nd took some figuring out and searching. The "punished" picture is supposed to be bars for prison that can be put right on top of the "men." However, to help Hannah understand what "punishment" meant (at least in the here and now sense) I also found a picture of a time out chair. The Adam and Eve picture is from the Nursery Manual and the "transgression" picture is from a website with lots of different LDS images.I am proud of Hannah and continue to be amazed at her memory and desire to learn. I am also always humbled by the great responsibility I have as a mother to teach my children, especially about the gospel. How grateful I am for the knowledge I have and the gift to pass that knowledge on.